Chatterbots

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example of an internet agent

...it performs. For example, Web spiders that continually traverse the Web and index its sites are often built as agents. Thus far, the most-useful agents have been developed for Internet assistance.
Chatterbots, another type of Internet agent, provide assistance to Web site visitors by conducting a dialogue with them to determine their needs and to service their more routine requests. In...